Wyreforest parkrun news

30.3.19 Wyre Forest parkrun #185 – and a new female course record!

Wyre Forest parkrun Event number 185 30th March 2019

Welcome to the 185th Wyre Forest parkrun run report! This week 262 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 46 were first timers and 51 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 26 different clubs took part.

This week we were short of a few volunteers. Luckily a couple of people came forward on Saturday morning and gave up their runs so everyone else could have theirs. Please don't look at the roster and assume it is full - often the volunteers are under 18 and need supervision, so the roster may not be as full as it looks. If you are yet to volunteer - please get in touch!

Extra special thanks goes out to Lindsay Tillsley who this week volunteered for the 100th time at the Wyre Forest! Thank you Lindsay - you are a super star!

We had lots of tourists visiting us this week; our visitors came from Walsall, Bristol, Pembrokeshire, Kingswinford, Telford, Hartlepool and Southampton! We love having tourists at our parkrun, so if you are visiting us, please let us know so we can give you a shout out. Likewise, if you are visiting another parkrun elsewhere - make sure you mention it to the RD and give Wyre Forest a shout out too!

First timer and tourist briefing with Paddy.

Congratulations to Ruth Smith who this week celebrated her 50th parkrun with us! If you are celebrating a milestone parkrun - please let us know!

Congratulations Ruth!

Congratulations also to Lindsay Pulley, who this week set a new age category record in the VM 80 - 84 category by running a phenomenal time of 32:09!! Well done Lindsay - you really are an amazing athlete, and inspire so many of us every day (pictured in red below).

Awesome achievement Chloe!

Our big news this week though, is that super star athlete Chloe Richardson, ran a new improved female Course Record! If you want to have a go at beating it, the new record is now 17:36 and it’s an Age Graded Course Record of 84.09%! Congratulations Chloe!